Erich Fromm

Interviewed by Mike Wallace in 1958

Pardonner

Et conserver mon humanité,

 du caprice et de la volonté, 

qui sont aussi amers parfois,

 mais ne m'oublient pas jamais encore;

 Dans moments de souffrance,

 des privations aussi,

 ou des fils d'hommes qui m'ont utilisé,

 qui vivent hautain mais sans dignité, 

je voudrais pardonner pourtant à la fin.

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And preserve my humanity
from whim, will and mercy,
 which may be bitter at times
but still never forgets me;
In times of despair, of deprivation too,
from children of man who exploit to make do,
who are living with pride but without amend,
 I still want to forgive after all in the end.

Tricksters and Fools

Tricksters and fools have always been very intriguing characters in mythology, folklore and literature.  Their tendency to deconstruct the moral values and conventions of the status quo shatters even the most secure constructs, beliefs, or people. Unlike their contemporaries, the masters of deception float between two worlds; the conscious and the subconscious. This ability develops a highly ambiguous personality, which the trickster may use to motivate others for revolutionary change. Their anomaly evades them from any laws of logic or punishment, why they literally "enjoy the privilege of fools". An all time favourite trickster is Mephisto in Goethe's Faust: 

"Part of the Power which would the evil ever do, and ever does the Good."

Frankenstein

in one sentence:

I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom though drivest from joy for no misdeed.